The New Year is upon us and, as usual, it falls to me to make prognostications and predictions about what we can expect in the coming annum. Let us remember the rules. I make some of these predictions …

Joan Baez used to sing, “If religion was a thing that money could buy, the rich would live and the poor would die.” In America, money is king. We could change Joan’s verse to, “If the poor would vote, …